SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO KỲ THI CHỌN HỌC SINH GIỎI CẤP TỈNH LỚP 12

ĐỀ THI CHÍNH THỨC NĂM HỌC: 2016-2017

--------------------- SỐ PHÁCH

Môn thi : TIẾNG ANH

Thời gian thi : 180 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Đề thi có 10 trang

 Thí sinh không được sử dụng tài liệu, kể cả từ điển.

 Giám thi coi thi không giải thích gì thêm.

I. LISTENING (50 points)

HƯỚNG DẪN PHẦN THI NGHE HIỂU

 Bài nghe gồm 4 phần, mỗi phần được nghe 2 lần, mỗi lần cách nhau 15 giây, mở đầu và kết thúc mỗi
phần nghe có tín hiệu.
 Mở đầu và kết thúc bài nghe có tín hiệu nhạc. Thí sinh có 3 phút để hoàn chỉnh bài trước tín hiệu
nhạc kết thúc bài nghe.
 Mọi hướng dẫn cho thí sinh (bằng Tiếng Anh) đã có trong bài nghe.

Part 1: For questions 16-20, listen to a talk about the origins of James Bond and choose the best answer
(A, B, C, or D) according to what you hear. Write your answers in the correspoding numbered boxes
provided. 0 has been done as an example.

Example: 0. The fiction spy James Bond was created by ______?

A. Jane Austen B. J.K. Rowling C. Thomas Hardy D. Ian
Fleming
1. What was the name of Ian Fleming’s Jamaican estate, where he created the character?
A. Goldenball B. Goldeneye C. Thunderball D. No information
2. Which of these statements about the fictional spy James Bond is false?
A. Ian Fleming enjoyed bird watching.
B. “James Bond” was named after the author of a book about spying.
C. Ian Fleming based the character on himself.
D. James Bond’s exploits were inspired by a real life spy
3. Which of these film titles is said to be the Bond family motto, (or coat of arms)?
A. You Only Live Twice B. Live and Let Die
C. The World is not Enough D. No information

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4. The code name ‘007’ gives James Bond _______.
A. A licence to kill B. A licence to thrill
C. A licence to spy D. No information
5. In which book did James Bond first make his appearance?
A. Dr No B. Goldfinger
C. Casino Royale D. No information

Your answer:

0. D 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: For questions 6-15, listen to a piece of news from npr about low gas prices in 2016 and supply
the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS and/or A NUMBER
taken from the recording for each answer in the spaces provided.

Crude oil (6) __________________________ to the lowest price in nearly a decade. Accordingly, the
average U.S. household has saved an estimated $700 this year and drivers can expect more savings in
2016.

Thanks to lower prices, Brady can do volunteer more easily and (7) _________________________.

According to Kloza, the prices of gas tend to increase when refineries have to (8)
________________________ or (9) __________________________that produce less smog in the
summer.

To show their concern about the environment, the U.S pledged in Paris to reduce (10)
____________________________ and address climate change.

Amy Myers Jaffe, executive director of energy and sustainability is doubtful about (11)
__________________________ as the choices will be a big factor that members of the (12)
________________________ make.

It is suspected that they will continue to embrace things like (13) __________________________or and
more efficient hybrid and electric cars.

Myers Jaffe says that the trend of sharing or renting cars at weekends will have a negative impact on the
(14) __________________________ and positive on climate solutions.

Low prices can make the big oil states like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia less stable and if one of those
countries experiences (15) __________________________ or even falls, the reduction in world oil
production and the increase in prices is inevitable.

Part 3: For questions 16-20, listen to the story about Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who
ever lived and choose FIVE letters from A-J.

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Which FIVE statements are TRUE according to what you hear? Write your answers in the correspoding
numbered boxes provided.

A. Mansa Musa ascended the throne when famine and civil war in Europe occurred.

B. The wife of Mansa Musa played an important role in helping his realm grow and flourish.

C. The Mali Empire has a large quantity of natural resources, including salt and gold.

D. It took Mansa Musa over a year to make the long journey to Mecca.

E. It has been recorded that Mansa Musa built a mosque each and every Saturday.

F. Mansa Musa gave the gold to the poor he met along his route to Mecca.

G. Musa’s generous actions inadvertently devastated the economy of the regions through which he
passed.

H. After returning from his pilgrimage, Mansa Musa spent much of the rest of his life teaching at his
own university.

I. Mansa Musa used the money to strengthen the country’s cultural centers, particularly Timbuktu,
which he annexed in 1312.

J. Mansa Musa set up many universities all over the world.

Your answer:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Part 4: Listen to a talk about the strongest ever storm, Hurricane Patricia nears Mexico. For questions
21-25, complete the table.

Hurricane Patricia List of government actions

1. The maximum sustained winds: (21) 4. Urging people to (24)

___________________ _________________________

__________________________________. _____________________________________

2. Where Patricia is issued: (22) __ and to

________________________ (25)
_____________________________________
south of the port of Manzanillo.
___.
3. Storm Classification: a (23)
_____________________ storm.

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (20 points)

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Part 1. For questions 26-39, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to each of the following questions
and write your answers in the correspoding numbered boxes provided.

26. Mark Stringly is rarely interviewed as he hates being in the ______.

A. flashlight B. limelight C. headlight D. floodlight
27. I tried to push my way through the standing passengers to get to the door and, failing to keep my ____
about me.
A. head B. soul C. wits D. mind
28. On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with _____ eye.
A. naked B. bare C. flesh D. pure
29. We need a more _______ assessment of the chances of ending this war.
A. moral B. sober C. plain D. vivid
30. Thick fog across much of the UK has resulted in dozens of flights _______ and many more delayed.
A. being cancelled B. to be cancelled C. are cancelled D. cancelled
31. The mobile phone company planned to publicly _______ its latest technology to upgrade its already
strong operating system.
A. underwrite B. undervalue C. undress D. unveil
32. She has drawn ______ praise for her charitable works.
A. abundant B. luxurious C. massive D. lavish
33. When times are good, people can spend freely, but during bad times we have to ____ our spending.
A. multiple B. disperse C. curtail D. obstinate
34. Ben’s so unlucky in love. Why does he ______ the type of woman who brings trouble?
A. catch on B. fall for C. put before D. set out
35. Although there is some truth to the fact that Linux is a huge threat to Microsoft, predictions of the
Redmond company’s demise are, ______ , premature.
A. saying the most B. to say the least C. to say the most D. to the least degree
36. The vagrant came out of the shop, ___________ for about 10 paces before falling against a car.
A. stammered B. tripped C. staggered D. skidded
37. After his heavy defeat in the local elections he decided to _____ from the campaign for the Presidency.
A. withdraw B. retract C. abandon D. withhold
38. He claimed _____ from military service as he was a foreign national.
A. demobilization B. exception C. exemption D. liability
39. The manager spoke highly of such ___________ as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his
employees.
A. haracteristics B. properties C. features D. virtues

Your answer:

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26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

Part 2: For questions 40 – 45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space
provided in the column on the right. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Your answers
As part of the ‘Facebook generation’, we have grown up in a world where access 0. increasingly
to the internet is constantly at our fingertips and we’re able to connect with
people at the touch of a button. Nowadays, it’s become (0) _______
(INCREASE) common to offer guests the wifi password along with a cup of tea
when they come round to visit. We have become addicted to our smartphones. 40.________________
Of course, smartphones are (40) _______ (DENY) useful and have
revolutionised our lives in so many ways. Thanks to thousands of apps available
41. _______________
to download, we’re now able to do almost anything when we’re out and about.
However, it seems a shame that these addictive pieces of technology are slowly 42.________________
beginning to take over our lives. It’s so easy to become (41) ______ (DEPEND) 43.________________
on our phones, whether it’s to find your way around with the map application or
even just check the time. As a result we’re becoming more (42) _______
(SOCIABLE), choosing to consult the internet rather than talk (43) _______
(FACIAL) with other human beings.

Even when we’re socialising, it seems most of us struggle without our phones at 44.________________
arm’s reach. Phones were invented to keep us more connected, and indeed they 45.________________
have done just that. We can now get in contact by an endless list of social media
outlets, yet this means we’re starting to lack genuine contact with each other.
People are connecting more and more across screens rather than in person, even
when it comes to relationships - dating apps and websites are more popular than
ever before. Recently, an artist released a series of images (44) _______
(DEPICTION) people in social situations and edited out their smartphones and
tablets. The result was a collection of powerful images that have, perhaps (45)
_______ (IRONY), gone viral. They force people to wake up to the fact that we
are no longer interacting properly with each other.

III. RADING (50 points)

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Part 1: For questions 46-60, read the following passages and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D)
best fits each gap. Write your answer (A, B, C, or D) in corresponding numbered boxes.

THEATRE IN BRITAIN

The theatre has always been very strong in Britain. Its centre is, of course, London, where successful
plays can (46)______ without a break for many years. London has several dozens of theatres, most of them
not (47)_____ from Trafalgar Square. (48)_____ London even some quite big towns have no public theatre
at all, but every town has its private theatres. British theatre is much admired. There you can (49)_____ the
best of everything – an excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated actors and a well-dressed
(50)_____.

Choose a good play, and you’ll enjoy yourself throughout from the moment the curtain (51)_____ to
the end of the last act. Get your seats beforehand, either at the box-office or at the theatre itself. You’ll
probably want to sit as near to the (52)_____ as possible.

46. A. show B. perform C. run D. produce

47. A. far B. remote C. distant D. close
48. A. Inside B. Outside C. In D. Out
49. A. take B. give C. hold D. get
50. A. audience B. auditorium C. authority D. publicity
51. A. puts up B. sets up C. makes up D. goes up
52. A. scene B. stage C. scenery D. performance

SMOG AND AIR POLLUTION

For years London was synonymous with smog, the word coined at the (53)_____ of the 20th century
to describe the city’s characteristic blend of fog and smoke. The capital’s “pea-soupers” were caused by
suspended pollution of smoke and sulfur dioxide from coal fires. The most (54)_____ affected area was the
19th-century residential and industrial (55)_____ of inner London – particularly the East End, which had
the highest density of factory smokestacks and domestic chimney pots and the lowest-(56)______ land,
inhibiting dispersal. As recently as the early 1960s, the smokier districts of east Inner London experienced
a 30 percent reduction in winter sunshine hours. That problem was (57)______ by parliamentary
legislation (the Clean Air Acts of 1956 and 1968) outlawing the burning of coal, combined with the
clearance of older housing and the loss of manufacturing.

The less visible (58) _____ equally toxic pollutants of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone,
benzines, and aldehydes continue to spoil London’s air. Traffic fumes and other exhausts are (59)______
to become trapped between the surrounding hills and below a stagnant capping mass of warm urban air at
an altitude of about 3,000 feet (900 metres), causing immediate increases in eye irritation, asthma, and
bronchial complaints. But London’s weather is too (60)_____ for the development of a full-scale

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photochemical smog of the kind that can build up under the more stable weather conditions of cities such
as Los Angeles.

53. A. back B. turn C. next D. gap

54. A. largely B. frequently C. thoroughly D. severely
55. A. ring B. belt C. loop D. tie
56. A. standing B. situating C. lying D. locating
57. A. alleviated B. exalted C. degraded D. abated
58. A. with B. besides C. regarding D. but
59. A. able B. tenable C. liable D. flammable
60. A. wicked B. lethal C. agile D. fickle

Your answers:

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

Part 2: For questions 61-75, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word and
write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided below the passage. There is an example at
the beginning (0).

TOMORROW’S WORLD WILL BE A LITTLE LATE

In a report for the US magazine Wired, a large number of academics, writers and experts were
invited to (0) make their predictions for the future. In some respects they are quite cautious, ruling (61)
__________ ideas that they believe belong (62) __________ science fiction more than to practical reality,
at (63) __________ in the next half-century or so. In other areas, (64) __________ , they foresee changes
before too long.

On the roads, self-driving taxis and cars, in (65) __________ satellites guide the vehicle from office
to home, or to holiday destinations, could arrive by 2019, (66) __________ to the experts. By 2034, (67)
__________ than 50 per cent of people in industrialized countries, (68) __________ is forecast, will drive
clean electric vehicles.

In space, a landing of humans (69) __________ Mars could be the highlight of 2020, say writers and
scientists at NASA. Aliens may be contacted in 2025, but even 2050 is (70) __________ soon for androids
like C-3PO in Star Wars.

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 On the James Bond-style personal jetpack, Noah Rifkin, director of technology deployment at (71)
__________ United States’s Department of Transportation, said that companies are unlikely to put enough
money (72) __________ research and development (73) __________ they know how many people might
want to buy it.

At work, all the technologies needed to do (74) __________ with the need for paper have already
been invented, yet Don Norman at Apple Computer forecasts that people (75) __________ always want
paper, although society may be 80 per cent paperless in 2009.

Your answer:

61. 62. 63. 64. 65.

66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

Part 3: Read the following passages and answer questions 76-89.

PASSAGE 1:

As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the
habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But
relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it
is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It
is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are
not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities.
Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we
react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “fight” or “flight” and in more
primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely
to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction
lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions
as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress
from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.

76. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because ________.
A. they do not know how to enjoy themselves.
B. they do not believe that relaxation is important for health.
C. they are travelling fast all the time.
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D. they are becoming busier with their work .
77. According to the writer, the most important character for a good manager is his ________.
A. not fearing stress.
B. knowing the art of relaxation.
C. high sense of responsibility.
D. having control over performance.
78. Which of the following statements is true?
A. We can find some ways to avoid stress.
B. Stress is always harmful to people.
C. It is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.
D. Different people can withstand different amounts of stress.
79. In Paragraph 3, “such a reaction” refers back to ________.
A. “making a choice between ‘flight’ or ‘fight’
B. “reaction to stress both chemically and physically”
C. “responding to crises quickly”
D. “losing heart at the signs difficulties”
80. In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to ________.
A. “expose ourselves to stress”
B. “find ways to deal with stress”
C. “remove stress from our lives”
D. “established links between diseases and stress”

PASSAGE 2:

Traditional education creates, in time, an incomplete image on family’s gender roles. From
generation to generation children interiorize theirs parent’s model known as “separated world’s myth” – a
wife and a mother only cooking ,doing laundry and taking care of the child “contrasting” with a husband
and a father working or fixing different things. According to this mentality each partner has
established responsibilities in private and public life that other one couldn’t take over.

Changing traditional gender roles seems to be difficult not because woman or man don’t have the
necessary skills for other one’s tasks but because everyone carries on a symbol of his “world”. Society’s
evolution especially on woman valorization redefines gender roles promoting a woman more active,
ambitious and independent and a man more emotional and involved in household tasks.

Women of our days have more liberty to choose between the “family model” – these ones are being
more obedient and anchored in tradition (the feminine type) and the “feminist model” – who’s priority
is the career (the anti-feminine type) or the middle model adopted by the “double career” type of woman

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– profession and family. On the base of any of these choices are variables like social-status, race, education
level, culture’s values etc.

We are assisting to a reprioritization of woman needs and so professional success became

more interesting and even attractive than family one probably because it brings something new.
Women are motivated to choose the career by elements as the wish for financial independency, the
need to prove her capacities, to open and better integrate in modern society and the possibility to
control and not being only controlled. All this reasons offer her a psychological equilibrium.

Most of the men consider women’s career as a conflict source having arguments like: women
will neglect theirs family attributions, the imminent change of man’s authority, his incertitude concerning
the professional competition and the risk to deteriorate the marital relation. Even at first side man and
children are felling the stress generated by the new status of woman, she’s living an interior conflict as
well. Woman need to understand her need for self-accomplishment but the remains of traditional mentality
still affect her modern vision.

So our children should make a difference on gender roles perspective but we are in a vicious circle
because every family is raising their kids for a passed time, influenced by their own mentality and
resistance to change. The main idea is that both women and men should consider this role’s exchange like
a challenge and also accept that a man as well as a woman can do anything with willing.

81. What does the reading passage mainly discuss?

A. Children’s perspective on the discrimination. B. The domination of men’s roles over
women’s.
C. Gender roles in modern society. D. The interior conflicts in women’s roles over
men’s.
82. In the first paragraph, the phrase “separated world’s myth” refers to _________.
A. children’s opinions on their world which is also their family
B. children’s false view on the different and unexchangeable roles of their parents
C. children’s thoughts on their mothers’ domination roles over their fathers.
D. children’s ideas on what responsibilities their parents should be take charge of
83. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Men’s and women’s roles cannot be easily exchanged since their lack of necessary skills.
B. In the development of society, men becomes more involved in household chores while women are more
active and independent.
C. The exchange between men’s and women’s roles turns out challenging because of an invisible default.
D. Society’s evolution is unlikely to happen due to the constancy of men’s and women’s roles.
84. Which of the following words can best replace the word “anchored in” in the third paragraph?
A. conflicted with B. attached to C. accustomed to D. connected with

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85. What does the word “one” in paragraph four refer to?
A. reprioritization B. success C. woman D. need
86. Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as one of the women’s needs for reprioritization?
A. The need to manage their own lives on their own earnings.
B. The need to show their abilities in order to be recognized by the public.
C. The need of integration into modern society.
D. The need to possibly bring something new.
87. In the fifth paragraph, what does the author imply by saying “she’s living an interior conflict as well”?
A. The remains of traditional mentality still affect women’s modern vision.
B. Women still do not know how to manage the conflicts with men.
C. The opposition from their husbands and children is so strong that women cannot overcome it.
D. Men and children always feel the stress with the domination of women’s roles.
88. The word “deteriorate” in the fifth paragraph can be best replaced by ________.
A. worsen B. reduce C. devastate D. decline
89. What does the write advise people to do by this reading passage?
A. Children should be taught about their particular roles when they are young.
B. Men and women have to understand their roles with satisfaction.
C. Men and women roles’ exchange is impossible and children should understand it with willing.
D. Children should learn that society’s evolution is no good for men at all.

Your answer:

76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

86. 87. 88. 89.

Part 4: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 90 to 95.

Seven paragraphs have been removed from the passage. For questions 90-95 choose from
paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap. There is ONE extra paragraph which you do not need
to use. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

Taking the waters

While we can survive for some time without lethargy, poor skin, high cholesterol levels,
food, we can only live for a few days without urinary-tract infections such as cystitis and bowel
water. A persistently dehydrated body can lead to problems such as constipation.

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90. _____
Even high blood fat (cholesterol and
triglycerides) levels can be aggravated by lack of
water; without it, fibre (found in whole grains,
pulses, oats, fruits and vegetables) cannot swell
and stimulate the body to produce High Density
Lipoprotein, aka ‘good cholesterol’. HDL picks
up Low Density Lipoprotein – ‘bad cholesterol’ -
and takes it to the gut, where it is excreted.
91. ______
Most adults should drink two or three litres
(about four or five pints) of water every day.
Those who exercise, and pregnant women, need
even more. Exercise causes the body to lose fluid,
which can lead to over-heating, dizziness and
tiredness. During pregnancy, the fluid
requirement increases to nourish the foetus, while
breast-feeding mums need extra fluid to produce
milk. Children can lose a lot of water through
their skin, because they’re generally more active.
Urine is one of the best guides to the adequacy of
fluid intake.
92. ______
When you boost your water intake, you will find
yourself using the loo more frequently, but your
body will soon adapt. If you have other
symptoms - a need to pass urine excessively,
blood in urine, pain or extreme itchiness or
discomfort - it may mean that you have a urine
infection, which will need medical attention.
93. _____
With digestive disorders such as a hiatus hernia
or oesophagitis (inflammation of the
A. A water filter can remove some of the undesirable tastes, but make sure it is regularly serviced,
otherwise you will be contaminating your water by passing it through an unclean filter. Bottled water is
oesophagus), having too much liquid can cause
the stomach contents to leak up into the
oesophagus, irritate the oesophagus walls and
bring on heartburn. To avoid this, take only small
sips with your meal to refresh your palate, but
make up your fluid requirement between meals.
94. _____
Some people find bottled water unnecessary and
uneconomical. A litre of tap water costs 0.06
pence, approximately – that’s up to a thousand
times cheaper than bottled water. There is also
the cost to the environment (plastics for
packaging and energy for transport). If the taste
puts you off tap water, your water supplier will
be able to test for contamination (which can
occur in old pipes, for example) or bacterial
overgrowth. Water companies now have a legal
duty to meet safety standards and are ‘committed
to improvements in the palatability of water,
particularly taste and clarity’, according to Water
UK.
95. _____
Also, it doesn’t have to be served cold - there are
many fruit and herbal teas and tisanes on the
market; you could even make your own using
fresh mint, or root ginger with lemon and honey.
Remember that water that contains caffeine -
from coffee, tea, colas or hot chocolate - does not
count towards your daily two- to three-litre intake
because caffeine is dehydrating. Enjoy two or
three cups (the daily recommendation), but then
take care to keep up necessary levels of pure
water - your best liquid asset.
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handy to carry around with you, to give to your child to take to school or to have sitting on your desk - all
good ways of reminding you to drink a glass an hour. You can make water more interesting by adding
shavings of fresh ginger, slices or squeezes of fresh lemon or lime, a few drops of orange-blossom water or
a dash of elderflower or lime cordial.

B. An adult’s body is made up of about 65 per cent water, and this has to be topped up to keep it healthy,
flexible and young-looking. We need water to keep the body flushing waste products, maintain healthy
skin, hair and organs, produce digestive enzymes, regulate our temperature (cooling by evaporation
through the skin) and aid uptake of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and natural sugars.

C. For people who have a poor appetite, or who need to put on weight or maximise their calorie intake, it is
important not to drink large amounts of water at meal times. Water itself does not disturb digestion, but if
you fill yourself up with fluid, you’ll have less room for food.

D. I recently discovered when advising a high-altitude level climber (Mount Everest, K2, etc) that
checking the colour of urine can be a life-saving exercise. Urine should be pale in colour, and you should
go to the loo regularly throughout the day. If urine is dark, you are not drinking enough water - which can
quickly lead to death if you’re 24,000ft above sea level. If you think two litres of water is a lot, imagine
having to drink eight to 10 - the average daily fluid requirement for high-altitude climbers!

E. We lose water mainly through our kidneys and skin (the skin’s inner layer, dermis, is made up of 70 per
cent water and acts as a natural reservoir). We also lose a lot of water when we suffer sickness, diarrhoea
or any infection that causes fever. Now that the majority of us live in centrally heated houses and work in
offices with heating and air conditioning, we lose more water through our skin than people did in the past.
Our diets now also contain higher levels of salt, additives and sugars, all of which place extra strain on the
body’s water reserves.

F. Many people wonder why doctors and medical people make so much fuss about water, but the reason is
clear: water is good for you. And the more you drink the better it is for your health. Most people drink far
less than they should and they are not aware of this.

G. Whether you get your water from a tap or a bottle is up to you. Mineral and spring water are ground
waters, which means they landed as rain, seeped through rocks and collected in underground pools. When
this water reaches the surface, it can be bottled and labelled as spring water. ‘Natural mineral water’ is
more rigidly defined and is better regulated; it has to come from a source which is naturally protected, of a
constant composition and free from pollution. A small amount of water can be found to be naturally
sparkling, but most sparkling water has had carbon dioxide pumped into it. This poses no threat to health.

Your answer:

90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

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IV. WRITING (60 points)

Part 1: Use the word given in brackets and make any necessary additions to write a new sentence in
such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. Do NOT change the
form of the given word. (0) has been done as an example.

0. It began to rain almost immediately after our arrival at the resort. (WE)

 Scarcely _______ had we arrived at the resort when _______ it began to rain.

96. I’m sure you’re wondering why I haven’t contacted you for so long. (HAS)

 You must _______________________________________________________________ so long since

I contacted you.

97. The restaurant manager thought that they were likely to lose all their customers if service didn’t
improve. (RAN)

 The restaurant manager thought that they __________________________________________ if service

didn’t improve.

98. Alistair has no chance of being selected for the team because of his poor sprint times. (PAID)

 Alistair’s poor sprint times __________________________________________________ of being

selected for the team.

99. I found the plot of the book too complicated to follow. (HEAD)

 I ______________________________________________________________the plot of the book.

100. Although everything pointed to her having taken the money, she strenuously denied it. (EVIDENCE)

 She strenuously denied _________________________________________________ the contrary.

Part 2: The pie charts below give information about the household expenditure of two average U.S.
families in different years.

Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

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Part 3: Write an essay on how you can prepare yourself for living in a diverse and more global
society about 350 words discussing your opinions.

(You may continue your writing on the back page if you need more space)

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